Browse through our blog posts to find out what life is like at Hoe Grange Holidays along with some great ideas for days out in the Peak District.
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Steamy sauna
February 12, 2014
Accessible Holidays, Derbyshire, Eco, Family, General, Hot Tub, log-fired sauna, sauna,With the festive Christmas celebrations over January and Febraury can be a dull and dismal period, but here at Hoe Grange you can banish the winter blues with a relaxing session in our fantastic new Scandinavian barrel sauna. New for 2014 - log-fired barrel sauna The quirky barrel shaped sauna is in the small private garden created just off to the side of the cabins, next to the hot tub. The elegant wooden screens give the occupants privacy while allowing both hot tub and sauna to be situated close to your lodge. the log-fired stove with hea...
Perfect Puddings
January 9, 2014
Derbyshire, Food and drink, General, Peak District, self catering holiday,Bake off Derbyshire style! Angie Cooper from our local bakery, The Pudding Room at Carsington, is one of a dozen professional bakers taking part in a new TV cookery competition, called Britain’s Best Bakery. The show which started on Monday, will run at 4pm on ITV every weekday for the next six weeks. TV chefs and series judges Mich Turner MBE and Peter Sidwell will be sampling the delicacies of the country’s favourite independent, family run and community bakeries, tasting and critiquing their way through breads, cakes, pastries and pies...
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from David, Felicity and all at Hoe Grange. Felicity and Crunchie, Santa's newest reindeers! Twix and Crunchie have been given reindeer antlers by Santa this year, Oliver is sporting his traditional santa hat and Felicity found a reindeer onesie in her stocking, so we're all looking very festive. May your day be filled with love and chocolate! We hope to see you all in 2014. Caroline...
Our resident watercolour artist, Roger Allen, has recently been on a trip to Snowdonia, where he battled through wind and rain to collect material for a series of four fantastic paintings of the dramatic landscape. 'Y Lliwedd, Snowdonia’ (see right) was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013 and ‘Afon Glaslyn, Snowdon in cloud’ was chosen for the 2012 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. You can see more of his paintings on his website at http://rogerallen.co.uk/. Roger's next exhibition will be at the Great Peak Distr...
Sky lanterns are romantic, beautiful, mesmerising and especially stunning when let go in large numbers – however they can be deadly. Everyone enjoys the amazing spectacle as they are set off into the night sky, without thinking of the consequences of where they are going to land and what destruction they might cause – as the saying goes "out of sight , out of mind". Chinese lanterns have become as common as aircraft across Britain’s night skies, with as many as eight million sold each year. But what is now clear is the havoc they can cau...







